The goddess of small victories
By: Yannick Grannec ; translated from the French by Willard Wood
Contributors: Wood, Willard, translator
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781590516362
Subjects: Mathematicians; World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924; Refugees; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Work titles: Deesse des petites victoires
Description: "Princeton University, 1980. A young and unambitious librarian named Anna Roth is assigned the task of retrieving the records of Kurt Godel--the most fascinating and hermetic mathematician of the 20th century. Her mission consists of befriending and ultimately taming the great man's widow Adele, a notoriously bitter woman set on taking belated revenge against the establishment by refusing to hand over these documents of immeasurable historical value. But as Anna soon finds out, Adele has a story of her own to tell"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 450).